Animation . Live Action . New Media.
Marc is a former executive producer for Disney, China, and a development executive and story editor for the 2026 HASBRO-CCTV co-production NEZHA AND THE TRANSFORMERS which won the special animation series award at the 2026 Chongqing International Animation Festival.
He co-authored CCTV’s PERFECT DAD, China’s number one animated film of summer 2021 and is the author of COLLABORATIVE SCREENWRITING: A GLOBAL GUIDE, published by Routledge Press in the UK. He is also a Professor of Screenwriting in the animation department of Beijing Film Academy, China’s premier film & animation school.
Marc has worked on hundreds of episodes of animated and live action TV series and films, writing original scripts; adapting imported shows; supervising writing teams; casting and directing voice actors; reviewing designs, storyboards, music and all aspects of production and development.
At Disney, Marc produced and wrote STITCH & AI which won the CCG award for best
animation series of 2017. This series streamed on Disney Now in the US, and was broadcast in Russia, China, and across Southern Asia. He was also executive producer on Disney’s STONEY & ROCKY series, which received the SMG award for best international cooperation in 2017.
Marc was on the development team for Disney, China’s live action TV series SMALL &
MIGHTY (2022); was story editor on CCTV’s PANDA & ROOSTER co-produced with the nation of Portugal; and was screenwriter on the Toonmax series, YUGONG YISHAN, which was nominated for a Golden Rooster award for best animated series (Chinese Emmy.) It was broadcast on 35 channels for National Day, 2019, and was adapted for theatrical release across China in 2021.
Marc has worked for studios and broadcasters including:
IN AMERICA: Warner Bros, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Universal, Fox, ABC
IN CHINA: CCTV, Left Pocket, UYoung, GDC, Zhejiang TV, New-I Pics, Toonmax
IN KOREA: Sunwoo, Goldilocks, Electric Circus
IN JAPAN: Sony, Tezuka, Sunrise, Toei, Tokyo Pop, Studio Pierrot
IN EUROPE: Moonscoop, Tomavision, BRB
Marc’s localization and original credits include Cowboy Bebop (the animation series and film), Astro Boy, Transformers, Naruto, Ghost in the Shell, FLCL, Stoney & Rocky, Power Rangers, Voltron, Battle Claw, Kioka, Yugioh, Rave Master, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, P. King Duckling, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Dive Olly Dive, Metropolis, Mix Master, and Steamboy. In 2021 he wrote lyrics for the Guagualong series of educational children’s songs produced by Bytedance.
Marc’s works have won awards from the Tokyo Animation Fair in Japan; the Shanghai TV Festival and CCG forum in China; the Premios Midia Awards in South America; and the American Anime Awards, San Francisco Playwrights awards, and L.A. Dramalogue awards in the U.S.
In 2019 Marc was honored to be a guest speaker at the Conference On Asian Civilization hosted by President Xi Jinping. Marc also spoke at the Great Hall of the People for BFA and has been a guest speaker and workshop leader at professional events including the China Science Fiction Convention, Beijing School of New Media AI Symposium, Singapore Polytechnic Master Classes, Anime L.A., Shanghai Film Academy, and a series of annual Disney-SART training events which he organized and hosted.
Marc is married with children. He lives alternately in Beijing, Phnom Penh, and Los Angeles. He is a swimmer, skier, and avid traveler.
East Meets West
Bridging cultures is Marc’s specialty. If you have a production to sell across markets, Marc can help bridge the culture gaps by:
- Developing new Asian projects that target Western markets, and Western projects that target Asian markets
- Bringing creative teams together for international co-productions
- Localizing finished productions for local markets
Contact:
marchandler@gmail.com
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